Cervical Cancer Vaccine Effective For A Long Time

[HuckleB]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=41154

"Researchers from Dartmouth Medical School, USA, say that an experimental vaccine, Cervarix, offers protection from cervical cancer for at least four and a half years and seems to protect women from other viruses that also cause cancer.

The author of the study, Dr. Diane Harper, said that they found everyone was still protected four and a half years after being given the vaccine. You can read the report in The Lancet (April 6).

Dr. Harper and team followed up on a previous study, involving 1,100 women who were given Cervarix. Of the 776 women they followed up on - some had been given the vaccine while others had received a placebo - all the women who had been given Cervarix still tested positive for immunizatiojn against HPV types 16 and 18 after four and a half years. HPV (human papilloma virus) causes most cervical cancers.

The women had received three doses of either vaccine or placebo. None of the women who were given Cervarix experienced side effects.

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[abluelady]

1. If it Prevented a Cancer for Men

It would be out there. When are we (women) going to stop being treated as second-class citizens?

[seleff]

2. This is GSK, Merck's has also been reported as 100% effective

I don't know the exact timeline, but these vaccines should be available very soon. Public health boards probably are reviewing protocols and financing. One question is at what age they will be recommended, and whether they will be recommended for males as well (prevent genital warts).

[NMMNG]

3. If the religious right has its way

Women (particularly young women) won't be getting this anytime soon. After all, women who are protected against disease automatically turn into raving sex maniacs. :eyes: